KJV ORIGINAL
And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
You must make a mercy seat out of pure gold. It should be three feet nine inches long and two feet three inches wide.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God is giving Moses specific instructions to create a golden cover called the mercy seat for the ark of the covenant.
📚 Historical Context
This instruction was given to Moses on Mount Sinai as part of the detailed plans for building the tabernacle, Israel's portable place of worship during their wilderness journey. The mercy seat would serve as the lid for the ark of the covenant and was considered the earthly throne of God where He would meet with His people. This was around 1440 BC when the Israelites had recently been freed from Egyptian slavery.
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